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David Smith vs Alberto Costa
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
David Smith and Alberto Costa voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.
8 same votes
262 different votes
270 shared votes
Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.
Topic alignment
Closest by topic
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
69.3 %
3 % below average
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
390
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
194
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
196
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
14
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
13
-57.9 vs Commons average
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
14
-111.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills
Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.
Most active voting topics
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API